OUCH: Obama behind the French, on Iraq.

But Obama has been trying to walk back his pessimism.

YVES ST. LAURENT has died.

TAKING ON PUTIN AND HIS SATRAPS: Russian gays defy ban, more arrests at Moscow protests.

ALTERNATE HISTORY: Hopkins Slams FDR in New Book.

JEFF JARVIS: The day the Democrats lost it. Yeah, they could've at least given them 3/5 of a vote . . . .

REPORTING ON SPACE ELEVATORS at the ISDC.

AT SLASHDOT, they're talking about how to set up a home lab/shop for kids. I had a somewhat related discussion here a while back.

OUCH: "So, when does the racial reconciliation begin - Obama promises to sprinkle his pixie dust and bring this nation together while taking his kids to a church where they are taught to hate whitey. And the two angriest, most unreconciled people we have met in this campaign are Obama's wife and minister. Maybe he could spare some pixie dust for them."

WHERE'S VOLOKH.COM ? I emailed Eugene and he responded: "Thanks for asking . . . our hosting provider has had a fire, but it looks like we'll be up late tonight or early tomorrow. If you could post something about that, that would be great." Done!

MORE ON SEGREGATION AMONG THE NETROOTS: "Perhaps the lesson is that the proggosphere is so enmeshed in identity politics that black bloggers get taken for granted — much the way the Democratic party takes black voters for granted. Given the Democrats’ support for racial preferences, it is odd that the DNC blew the call in credentialing black bloggers to the convention planning to nominate Barack Obama as its standard bearer."

HILLARY WINS BIG IN PUERTO RICO.

UPDATE: More from The Politico:

The cable networks called the island territory for Clinton the instant polls closed at 3:00 p.m., indicating a landslide; exit polls showed her winning virtually every group, including young voters typically loyal to nomination rival Barack Obama.

“I am overwhelmed by this vote today,” Clinton said in her victory speech. She used the speech to press the case that she’s proven her superior electability by pulling more popular votes than Obama.

She said more people have voted for her “than for any candidate in the history of presidential primaries. We are winning the popular vote.”

The argument is directed at the uncommitted superdelegates who will decide the nomination and Clinton spoke directly to them in her speech.

“I do not envy the decision you must make, but a decision has to be made,” she said. She asked them to consider three questions in making up their mind.

This speech would be more effective if some new Obama scandal just happened to appear in the next day or two. But what are the odds of that?

ANOTHER UPDATE: TalkLeft looks at popular vote totals.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ENGLAND: "A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham. . . . The evangelists say they were threatened with arrest for committing a 'hate crime' and were told they risked being beaten up if they returned. The incident will fuel fears that 'no-go areas' for Christians are emerging in British towns and cities, as the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, claimed in The Sunday Telegraph this year."

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